Requis

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In this article: Market factors that are prompting investment in renewables by upstream energy. Examples of the renewable projects underway so far. The new technologies that are making renewables more viable. When you look more deeply at the demand side of the equation, the case for renewables looks much stronger.

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Invata Intralogistics

APRIL 4, 2024

The Dawn of Automated Storage The Industrial Revolution created the need for better storage and retrieval systems. Companies are now looking for energy-efficient AS solutions, using recycled materials, and working in tandem with the circular economy.

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Global Trade Management

MARCH 14, 2023

The difference between «carbon neutral » and «100% renewable» energy is essential to recognize. Going 100% renewable energy changes the equation; it means permanently switching from non-renewable sources like fossil fuels and investing only in clean, sustainable sources that never run out.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Many sectors are affected by droughts, including agriculture, energy, water, utilities, and manufacturing. As temperatures continue to rise, the intersection of climate change and supply chain resilience demands increased attention from businesses worldwide. A graph showing Resilinc’s Extreme Weather Trends data from 2012 to 2023.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

”[1] They identify twelve areas in which such megatrends can be found: Urbanization, smart technologies, society, connectivity, retail, climate change, energy, economics, infrastructure, healthcare, mobility, and new business models. Most analysts believe the future looks bright for renewable energy sources. ”[4].

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The DPA Title III is a program that “…targets investments that create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities…” according to the Assistant Secretary of Defense. In this blog, we will recap each new supply chain initiative.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As the SmartCitiesWorld news team writes, “While the circular economy is still in its infancy, it is a key sustainability strategy being adopted by world and industry leaders in their fight against climate change.”[1] One oft-discussed strategy to save the planet is transitioning to a circular economy. That’s a tall order.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

With climate change proving to be an urgent issue that requires immediate action, companies and establishments, regardless of size and industry, are expected to put their best foot forward and turn on the green switch. Sustainability journey article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Without a holistic vision and strategy, technologies purchased to enhance one city system might not be compatible with technology utilized to enhance other urban systems. They are finding that digital twins are saving them time and money as well as improving performance. What is a digital twin? ”[2].

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to substantially reduce carbon emissions and pave the way for considerable climate progress and reshape the transportation industry. Innovation in the e-transportation industry. Carbon monoxide emissions were reduced by 50% because of these mandates. Let the green revolution begin.

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Loginext

APRIL 18, 2024

From reducing plastic waste to implementing energy-efficient practices, these companies are setting benchmarks in environmental stewardship. The report delves into each company’s specific initiatives, such as sourcing renewable energy, utilizing biodegradable packaging, etc.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

Based on two recent polls from Gallup, approximately 60% of respondents say they would like to see the country rely less on fossil fuel for energy usage over the next 10 to 20 years and nearly two-thirds say they prioritize the environment’s ongoing health more so than the U.S. 8 in energy efficiency. economy’s (30%).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Industry is responding. Industry is responding. After decades of controversy concerning the realities of climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a strategy of presenting itself as the source of solutions. This repositioning includes rebranding itself as a “carbon management industry.”.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 9, 2024

The Industrial Revolution gave rise to large-scale production and transportation efficiency, which led to the modern logistics landscape that we know today. The early Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans pioneered the principles of logistics and designed trade routes to facilitate their connections with other nations.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Elementum

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Across industries, companies are embracing AI-powered tools to optimize workflows, reduce human error, and make data-driven decisions. This technology can be applied across different industries and functional areas, such as customer service, finance, human resources, and supply chain management.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 16, 2023

The reality is that companies are finding that the only financially responsible move is to avoid using non-renewables and unsustainable business practices. They can make small, incremental changes over time—as simple as using recyclable plastic in product designs or cardboard in other product lines or helping suppliers move to renewables.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 13, 2024

At the ARC Industry Leadership Forum in February, I had the opportunity to sit down with Rick Rys, Director of Consulting at ARC Advisory Group, to discuss the electric power supply chain. Second, what are the driving forces for this transition to renewable and how quickly is it happening? Below are the key points from our discussion.

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OptiProERP

MARCH 21, 2023

We live in an era where it is hard to imagine the manufacturing industry without robots, sensors, and computer-enabled software systems. But, before discussing the fifth industrial revolution, let’s brush up on the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. Powered by the Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Guest blog provided by Joe Hall, Director, Business Development at 360 Energy Inc. Check out How to Optimize Your Factory for Industry 4.0! Although Lean principles provide an excellent basis for managing energy costs, such costs are often left out of an efficiency drive… Why is that? Energy costs are not well understood.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary, we reflect on the ongoing Russia and Ukraine conflict, the implications for industry supply chains, and perhaps right now, a need for all to pause and reflect. The most obvious are the availability and added cost impacts of energy from fossil fuels to natural gas.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2022

how applicable) technologies were across 20 industries. He concludes, “In almost every industry, in almost every company, there is likely some problem that can be solved through upgraded analytics, automation, or some other application of A.I. The hype isn’t going to end any time soon.”[2] ”[2] Journalist Steven I.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 9, 2015

Lynn Good, Duke Energy’s CEO, spoke at NC State this week, and shared her many thoughts on leadership and transformation. Her vision for what is otherwise often considered a stable and boring industry, energy utilities, provided a great deal for students and faculty to think about. Second is innovation.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Quality assurance programs help each product adhere to the highest industry standards. Imagine a world where every pill, every vaccine, and every therapeutic breakthrough reaches those who need them most, regardless of distance or difficulty. This isn’t just a hopeful vision, but the prime objective of Pfizer’s supply chain modernization.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Depending on your business model/goals, there might be an alternative way to conduct business that yields benefits such as increased resource utilization, labor force efficiency, and sustainability within your business model. These materials increase the utilization rate and decrease waste generation. Production.

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QAD

AUGUST 25, 2020

Manufacturers are also reducing their carbon footprints in production by using more renewable resources and less energy. The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting daily life with disruptions in global businesses and economies, sorting and recycling facilities closing and government regulations relaxing on resource efficiency compliance.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

federal agencies that umbrella commerce, transportation, energy, health and national defense on means where government could augment U.S. based makers of semiconductors, biotech and biomedical products as well as renewable and energy storage companies to augment manufacturing. focused supply chain resiliency actions.

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2023

Which industries benefit from an FTZ ? However, there seems to be a growing number of industries and types of business operations that find that the FTZ program improves their bottom lines. Are there any industries that would not benefit from an FTZ? In the 1980s, automobile manufacturers went for FTZs in a big way.

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Elementum

MARCH 16, 2018

The $750 million investment will run completely on renewable energy (most likely solar). billion users might require, and renewable options cut costs in the long-term. There’s no need for data centers to be in industrialized areas , according to FlashGlobal, other than for access to staff and construction workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Such forces re declining consumer demand, bloated inventory levels, added industry supply chain disruptions and higher levels of cost inflation. In reporting April’s data, the authors suggested a worsening of conditions as renewed strains emerge across global supply chains. Regarding the latter, the U.S. in April, and 2.80

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

But this upcoming period provides even more uncertainty that industry supply chain teams will need to understand and mitigate. With consumer demand softening due to inflation, including high energy prices, the report emphatically indicates that there will indeed be a shift away from consumer goods. One Perspective.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 19, 2022

As the dust settles following the passage of the 2021 infrastructure bill — formally the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — the bipartisan members of Congress who passed the bill deserve a lot of credit for both their foresight and their courage. And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.”[1] ”[3].

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Blockchain is upending the world’s financial markets with the rise of bitcoin, and now the digital-ledger system is poised to do the same next year for raw materials like food and energy. Companies including BP Plc, ABN Amro Group NV and Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. to use the technology in a platform for the global goods trade.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Indeed, tight component and product cycles of use and reuse, aided by product design, help define the concept of a circular economy and distinguish it from the linear take-make­-dispose economy, which wastes large amounts of embedded materials, energy, and labor.”[1] ”[2]. The world’s waste problem. ”[5].

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Enterra Insights

MAY 1, 2019

I deliberately use the word “potential” because the Internet of Things (sometimes referred to as the Industrial IoT) remains in its infancy. He writes, “The industrial IoT will play an important part in the evolution of supply chains from linear ‘point to point’ models to network or circular models.”[1]

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Elementum

JULY 8, 2015

This will be the second of five data centers built for Facebook that runs completely on renewable energy sources – it’s not hard to imagine how much power the information of 1.4 billion users might require, and renewable options cut costs in the long-term. But that’s just one example. million in 2017.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 1, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of Amazon ’s report of Q1-2023 financial performance and market trends. Net sales reportedly increased 9 percent on a year-over-year basis to $127.4 billion, exceeding consensus equity analyst expectations. Stronger performance was reported for the company’s advertising and international based businesses.

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